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Clandestine Stations / Korea - Voice of Freedom

« on: September 03, 2021, 1518 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. back to alternate frequency of 5920, VOF, (ex: 6045). 0900+ UT, Sept 3.

0900 UT - Time tone; station jingle "jinsil-e soli, huimang-e soli, jayu-e soli bangsong!", "Jayu-e solibangsong-eseo ohu 6 (yeoseos)
sileul allyeodeulibnida" ("Voice of Freedom announces 6pm"), "Bodo gwangjang" (News Plaza). http://bit.ly/2WK6JoS .

0915 - "Ma-eum-e swimpyo" (Resting heart). http://bit.ly/3jEUinl .
 
0920 - “Kkumkkuneun cheongchungeug“ (Dreaming youth drama). http://bit.ly/3yHpmHk .

0930 - http://bit.ly/3DUQeHM - ?"Hanminjog tong-illo milaelo"? (Korean people, to unity, to the future)

1000 - "Maeil geudaewa" (Everyday with you). http://bit.ly/3DO3mOW .

1050 - “Ulisoli hanmadang“ (Our sound festival). http://bit.ly/2YgbIhI .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
Etón E1, external antenna: 100 ft. long wire

92

Clandestine Stations / Korea - August 23 (Monday)

« on: August 23, 2021, 1619 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. VOP and VOH observed frequencies on August 23 (Monday) for this week:

Voice of the People: 3480 // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1140 UT; another week with no change of frequencies.

Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4880 // 5995 // 6245 // 6350 // 9095 (please see change below), at 1123 UT. Weekday English
language lesson. Thanks to the outstanding research done by Amano (Japan), I can report the following info about this
program. Is an audio feed from a TV program called "Wang cho bo yeong-eo" (왕초보 영어- translated into English, it is
Beginner's English); it is produced by EBS English (Educational Broadcasting System); intro & exit theme song is the
"Party Will Come Alive" by Wizardz Of Oz (with Ruben Martinez); at the beginning of the lesson, the announcer says
"English trainer" and gives his name ("Mayu"), then the woman announcer says her name ("Mini"), then they both say in
English, "Good morning everybody." I love listening to the woman, as she is so animated about the lesson. Very entertaining!
Today with "We do not have that item," "If I order it now, can I get it on Friday?".

Later, after 1225+, found VOH's 9095 silent, but at 1353, heard VOH instead on 9100. Have never noted such a change of
frequencies, after they had changed all the frequencies for the week. All the other VOH frequencies remained constant today.
Will have to check this week to see which is actually used during the week - 9095 or 9100?

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1; external antenna of 100 ft. long wire

93

Clandestine Stations / language lessons

« on: August 13, 2021, 1729 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. 9475, National Unity Radio, from 1244 to 1245 UT, on Aug 12. Good reception of a brief Chinese language lesson;
started and ended as usual with Joyce Chu singing "Hao xiang ni - I Miss You“; mostly in Korean, with a few Chinese words and
a sentence. This program will be repeated again about two hours later.

Today's lesson: Jīnhòu wǒ yīdìng tīng nǐ de - 今后我一定听你的 (I will listen to you from now on). My audio is posted at http://bit.ly/3jSEbBg .

Echo of Hope - VOH (희망의메아리): On 9105, from 1050 to 1100 UT, on August 12, with the weekday EBS (Educational Broadcasting
System) produced English news, which is also a language lesson; today's news was originally broadcast via EBS FM on July 26; transcript
at http://bit.ly/3jNCGVg . My eleven minute audio at http://bit.ly/3lW36qv . At 1100 UT, news in Korean. VOH continuing with a repeating four
hour program loop.

Later at 1123 UT, VOH had an English language lesson. My audio at http://bit.ly/3jNdu13 . 

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
Etón E1; external antenna of 100 ft. long wire

94

Clandestine Stations / Korea - August 9, 2021

« on: August 09, 2021, 1818 UTC »

KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. Pyongyang BS, 3320 // 6160 (ex: 6400 silent), at 1350 UT, Aug 9.

National Unity Radio, 9475, on Aug 9 (Monday). Confirming weekdays only Chinese language lesson 1442-1443;
yesterday confirmed no weekend language lessons.

Echo of Unification, 3945 // 5905, at 1310, on Aug 9.

Voice of Freedom, 6045, at 1305, on Aug 9. Mixing with the usual super jamming from N. Korea; ex 5920 in the clear.

VOP and VOH observed frequencies on August 9 (Monday) for this week:

Voice of the People: 3480 // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1300; another week with no change of frequencies.

Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4890 // 5995 // 6255 // 6350 // 9105, at 1255.

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Shortwave Broadcast / Bangladesh Betar - July 31 - anomaly with no CNR1 QRM on 4750 kHz.

« on: July 31, 2021, 1450 UTC »

BANGLADESH. 4750.0, Bangladesh Betar (External Service), with major anomaly on July 31. CNR1, which
usually is well heard here, was off the air (CNR1, on 4800, was heard normally!); extremely rare for CNR1 to
be silent here; BB xmtr on at 1223 UT and immediately started their test tone; 1227-1230, distinctive IS; 1230,
time pips; 1231, start of news in English (not very readable); some nice selections of subcontinent music/singing;
a segment about the "Father of the Nation" (Sheikh Mujib) and Pakistan/Bangladesh history.

Would be wonderful if CNR1 stayed off the air on this frequency! Before 1223, did hear a very faint carrier (no audio)
on 4749.95, which must have been from the Voice of Indonesia, via Cimanggis/Jakarta (BTW - VOI on 3325, via
Palangkaraya, had a strong carrier today, but no audio at all).

96

Shortwave Broadcast / Sarawak Independence Day - special broadcast 9835 // 11665 kHz.

« on: July 22, 2021, 1526 UTC »

MALAYSIA. 9835 // 11665, Sarawak FM, via Kajang (on the west coast of the Malaysia peninsular -
not from Sarawak), in // from about 1220 to 1313 UT, July 22, which is Independence Day in Sarawak;
1250-1313, aired a national speech by Chief Minister for Sarawak, Abang Johari; mostly in vernacular,
with some English; pointing out developments in the country (for energy development, a joint venture
agreement to develop onshore Block SK433 field in Sarawak, etc.); after 1313 not //; 11665, back to
Wai FM programs; 9835 continued on with the Independence Day celebrations; ID for "Sarawak FM";
at times had fair reception, but also some adjacent QRM. My local sunrise was at 1306 UT.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif.
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

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Shortwave Broadcast / Solomon Islands - SIBC on 9545 kHz. from 0730+ UT (former 5020 silent) 19 July

« on: July 19, 2021, 1011 UTC »

SOLOMON ISLANDS. 9545, SIBC, anomaly from tune in 0730+ UT, July 19. Normally this frequency
closes at 0500*; In Pijin; some commercial announcements; 0801, calliope and news (sound bites from
the national address to the nation, with update about the situation with COVID-19); "This news comes to
you from the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation"; 0813, National Anthem, followed by a major
national speech in English, with updated info about COVID-19 cases and COVID-19 vaccination info;
heavy QRN (static). My audio is posted at http://bit.ly/36I80ys , with one minute of NA, followed by 11
minutes of the COVID-19 speech.

98

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Vanuatu 7890 (2nd harmonic) // 11835 (3rd harmonic) *0559 UT 13 July 2021

« on: July 13, 2021, 0934 UTC »

July 13 - An enjoyable day of Radio Vanuatu reception; 7890 (harmonic) // 11835 (harmonic); suddenly on at *0559 UT, with
song already in progress (The Doobie Brothers - "Listen to the Music"); 0602-0605, "News Update" in Bislama; 0605-0659,
DJ in Bislama playing C&W and pop songs in English (The Police - "Every Breath You Take," Hank Williams - "Jambalaya -
On the Bayou," etc.); 0700-0719, news/sports in Bislama. Port Vila sunset was at 0626 UT; moderate QRN (static). Only a
carrier heard on 3945; CNR2 (11835) only produced low level QRM today. Between 0630 and 0650, heard them play their
distinctive station's singing jingle four different times ("Radio Vanuatu" and "Voice of Papua New Guinea"). BTW - The 4th
harmonic on 15780 was not heard.

99

Clandestine Stations / Korea - July 12 (Monday)

« on: July 12, 2021, 1510 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Echo of Hope - VOH, observed July 12 (Monday), with frequencies for this week:

3985 // 4890 (never jammed) // 5995 // 6255 // 6350 // 9105 (never jammed), at 1050 UT, with the EBS-FM (Educational
Broadcasting System - https://www.ebs.co.kr/main ) news in English and Korean; but more than just the news, as they
explain the meaning of some of the English words, so it's really the news and a language lesson; with outdated news,
as today's program was originally broadcast over EBS-FM back on June 28 (item - UK ran a campaign called "grab a
jab" to further drive up vaccination rates, etc.). Later at 1127, heard the weekday English language lesson, whereas on
the weekend they have a reading in English of "Harry Potter and the Magician's Stone," along with an explanation in
Korean, during that same time period; VOH continues to have a four hour program loop.

Voice of the People, on July 12, again with no change of frequencies for this week; noted at 1055 UT; 3480 (never jammed)
// 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600.

Voice of Freedom, 5920, on July 12, at 1130 UT with program "Aneun geos-i him-ida" (Knowing Is Power), which ID again
at 1156; then at 1200, a single tone; VOF ID and station singing jingle; program "Bodo gwangjang" (News Plaza); clear of
any jamming, so good reception, whereas there was strong N. Korea jamming that ended about 1100; later the NK jamming
starts up again about 1358, in anticipation of the *1405 start of Shiokaze (5920); shortly after Shiokaze signs off (1435*), the
N. Korean ends, but at 1430, there is the strong start of Vatican Radio (5920). So for me, the best time for VOF reception is
between about 1100 to 1358 UT.

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

100

MW Loggings / Half Moon Bay, Calif. - KHMB (1710-AM), with one watt of power!

« on: July 09, 2021, 2024 UTC »

U S A. 1710-AM, KHMB, an excellent night here on July 9, at 0703 UT. Lightly mixing with the Travis AFB emergency
announcement; pop songs (John Denver - "Annie's Song" [You Fill Up My Senses], Len Barry with "1-2-3," Peggy Lee -
"Till There Was You," etc.). Not often I have such good reception of this one watt station, 90 miles up the coast from
me. A point of interest - John Denver died when he crashed into Monterey Bay, while piloting his experimental amateur
aircraft, at a location very close to where I do my DXing ( http://bit.ly/3yH3a0u ).

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey & Pacific Grove)
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

101

Clandestine Stations / Shiokaze/Sea Breeze

« on: June 30, 2021, 1518 UTC »

KOREA NORTH[non]. first day back to alternate frequencies of 5965 // 7295, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, via Yamata (Japan). June 30
(Wednesday), from tune in at 1311 to 1400* UT. Confirming the new schedule for English (ex: Thursday). Yes, 1300-1400 UT is now in
English every Wednesday with "Today's News Flash" and "Today's News on North Korea Issues" and at 1324 the segment "Message
from the Japanese government," mentioning both “Nippon no Kaze” and "Furusato no Kaze"; fair and both unjammed on the first day
on these new frequencies. Ex: 5935 // 6040, both still being jammed by N. Korea.

Full schedule via Hiroshi (Japan):

JSR Shiokaze, June 30, 2021

1300-1400    5965 // 7295
1405-1435    5920 // 6070
1600-1700    5920 // 6165

102

Clandestine Stations / Korea - Voice of Freedom, back again on 5920 kHz.

« on: June 26, 2021, 0019 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. Voice of Freedom, thankfully moved back again to their alternate frequency of 5920 (ex: 6045), from 0903+ UT, on June 25.

103

North American Shortwave Pirate / YHWH 7475 AM 0410-0442* UTC 25 Jun 2021

« on: June 25, 2021, 2018 UTC »

NORTH AMERICA. 7475-AM, YHWH (religious pirate), 0410-0442*, June 25. "Josiah Elias" with his unique diatribe; clearly he now has
new material, with similar format/content to past recordings, but with new wording and mentioning current "fake pandemic"; pro-Jewish;
anti-"Christian/Muslim/Hindu/Sikh/Buddhist/Shiite/pagan and witches"; 0421, with 10 Commandments (slightly different wording than
heard in past years); several IDs for "Y-H-W-H"; 0437, closing song "Days of Hard Life"; surprisingly good reception the entire time;
very readable; after 0430 with considerable QRN (static). My six minute audio posted at http://bit.ly/3zZQB1B .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire 

104

Clandestine Stations / Updating Korea

« on: June 16, 2021, 2159 UTC »

KOREA NORTH[non]. 5980,  Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, on June 15, caught them with ID and off
(1433-1435* UT); fair/good, with no jamming, but light QRM from OTH radar.

6040 // 5935, Shiokaze/Sea Breeze, via Yamata (Japan). This from Hiroshi - June 16 (Wednesday)
now reporting that 1300-1400 UT, will henceforth be in English on Wednesday (ex: Thursday),
as it was today.

FYI  - - - - - - -  From Hiroshi:

"United Nations symposium live broadcast.

On Tuesday, June 29, the United Nations Symposium on the Abduction Issue will be held online,
co-sponsored by the Governments of Japan, the United States, Australia and the EU. Japan, the
United States, the Australian Government and the EU will hold an online symposium as a side
event of the United Nations with the participation of representatives of UN member states under
the theme of "international cooperation to resolve the abduction issue as a global issue". It will
be held. At this symposium, we will listen to the complaints of the "live voice" of victims' families
in Japan and other countries, and invite North Korean experts from each country to discuss ways
to resolve the abduction issue. I will do it. The symposium will be broadcast live on the United
Nations Web TV (English) and the official video channel of the YouTube Abduction Issue
Countermeasures Headquarters (Japanese), so please watch it.
・ United Nations Web TV
　　　 http://webtv.un.org/ 　
・ YouTube Abduction Issue Countermeasures Headquarters Official Video Channel
           https://www.youtube.com/c/rachitaichannel This pattern will be broadcast live on the day
           of the shortwave broadcast.
June 29 (Tuesday), 1200-1340 UTC, 11890kHz Japanese and 11995kHz Korean.  
http://www.rachi.go.jp/en/archives/2021/0519anouncesympo.html ."

KOREA NORTH/SOUTH. Pyongyang BS, 3320 // 6160 (ex: 6400 silent), at 1155 UT, on June 14;
both fair.

Echo of Unification, 3945 // 5905, June 14; open carrier at 1156 UT; fair at 1159, with IS. My audio
is at http://bit.ly/3xrUb2t .

KCBS Pyongyang, 3250 // 3959, at 1210 UT, on June 14; both equally fair; 3920 had been used in
the past, but not today.
 
Voice of Freedom, 6045, at 1100 UT, on June 14; covered by the usual super jamming from N. Korea;
super jamming also back on 6135 (nothing there to be jammed!); while VOF's ex: 5920 had no jamming,
but strong OTH radar. We can only hope they will soon return to 5920, where they normally have good
reception free of jamming and not often OTHR.

Observed frequencies on June 14 (Monday) for this week for VOP and VOH:

Voice of the People: 3480 // 3910 // 3930 // 4450 // 6520 // 6600, at 1055 UT; another week with no change
of frequencies.

Echo of Hope - VOH: 3985 // 4890 // 5995 // 6255 // 6350 // 9105, from 1122 to 1151 UT, the weekday
English language lesson (on weekends this time period has the reading in English of a "Harry Potter" story,
with explanations in Korean); reception on 4890 // 9105, is normally good. My audio is at http://bit.ly/2SDGsXC .
VOH continues with a four hour program loop; same program repeated every four hours.

Here is a picture of a morning visitor to the beach, near where I SWL -  http://bit.ly/3xqZ23T .

Ron
Asilomar State Beach, Calif. (near Monterey)
CR-1, antenna: 100' long wire

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Clandestine Stations / Korea - National Unity Radio, 9475 kHz., 1442 UTC, 11 June

« on: June 12, 2021, 0107 UTC »

KOREA SOUTH. 9475, National Unity Radio, from 1442 to 1443 UT, on June 11. Good reception of a brief Chinese language lesson; started and
ended as usual with Joyce Chu singing "Hao xiang ni - I Miss You“ (music video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdQgPu3iUYk&t=149s );
mostly in Korean, with a few Chinese words and sentences. This is a repeat program that was aired two hours earlier about 1242 UT.

Today's lesson: nǐ jiào shénme míngzi? (What is your name?); 你叫什么名字？

Explained jiào (is named), shénme (what), míngzi (name).

Then gave two answers: Wǒ jiào (my name is [some Korean name]); 我叫. Wǒ jiào (my name is [some Korean name]); 我叫.

My audio is posted at http://bit.ly/3znCtyQ .